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X5

Simple Minds

2012 · Rock, Pop

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X5 by Simple Minds

X5 is an Electronic album by Simple Minds, originally released in 2012.

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Tracklist

  1. 1-1Someone3:43
  2. 1-2Life In A Day4:06
  3. 1-3Sad Affair2:46
  4. 1-4All For You2:51
  5. 1-5Pleasantly Disturbed7:59
  6. 1-6No Cure3:35
  7. 1-7Chelsea Girl4:35
  8. 1-8Wasteland3:46
  9. 1-9Destiny3:39
  10. 1-10Murder Story6:24
  11. 1-11Special View4:17
  12. 1-12Garden Of Hate4:27
  13. 2-1Real To Real2:50
  14. 2-2Naked Eye2:23
  15. 2-3Citizen (Dance Of Youth)2:54
  16. 2-4Carnival (Shelter In A Suitcase)2:51
  17. 2-5Factory4:15
  18. 2-6Cacophony1:41
  19. 2-7Veldt3:34
  20. 2-8Premonition5:29
  21. 2-9Changeling4:12
  22. 2-10Film Theme2:27
  23. 2-11Calling Your Name5:07
  24. 2-12Scar3:32
  25. 2-13Kaleidoscope4:15
  26. 2-14Film Theme (Dub)1:26
  27. 2-15Premonition (Live At Hurrah's Club, New York: 24/10/79)5:45
  28. 3-1I Travel4:04
  29. 3-2Today I Died Again4:39
  30. 3-3Celebrate5:09
  31. 3-4This Fear Of Gods7:01
  32. 3-5Capital City6:17
  33. 3-6Constantinople Line4:45
  34. 3-7Twist/Run/Repulsion4:40
  35. 3-8Thirty Frames A Second5:05
  36. 3-9Kant-Kino1:53
  37. 3-10Room2:30
  38. 3-11New Warm Skin4:35
  39. 3-12I Travel (Extended)6:13
  40. 3-13Celebrate (Extended)6:48
  41. 4-1In Trance As Mission6:53
  42. 4-2Sweat In Bullet4:30
  43. 4-370 Cities As Love Brings The Fall4:50
  44. 4-4Boys From Brazil5:31
  45. 4-5Love Song5:04
  46. 4-6This Earth That You Walk Upon5:28
  47. 4-7Sons And Fascination5:23
  48. 4-8Seeing Out The Angel6:11
  49. 4-9Sweat In Bullet (Extended Remix)7:22
  50. 4-10In Trance As Mission (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London: 25/09/81)7:28
  51. 4-11This Earth That You Walk Upon (Instrumental)5:26
  52. 5-1Theme For Great Cities5:52
  53. 5-2The American3:51
  54. 5-320th Century Promised Land4:55
  55. 5-4Wonderful In Young Life5:21
  56. 5-5League Of Nations4:57
  57. 5-6Careful In Career5:09
  58. 5-7Sound In 70 Cities5:05
  59. 5-8The American (Extended)7:03
  60. 5-9League Of Nations (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London: 25/09/81)6:22
  61. 6-1Someone Somewhere In Summertime4:38
  62. 6-2Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel3:50
  63. 6-3Promised You A Miracle4:28
  64. 6-4Big Sleep5:01
  65. 6-5Somebody Up There Likes You5:00
  66. 6-6New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)5:39
  67. 6-7Glittering Prize4:33
  68. 6-8Hunter And The Hunted5:55
  69. 6-9King Is White And In The Crowd7:02
  70. 6-10Promised You A Miracle (Extended)4:49
  71. 6-11Glittering Prize (Club Mix)4:57
  72. 6-12Someone Somewhere In Summertime (Extended)6:02
  73. 6-13Soundtrack For Every Heaven4:55
  74. 6-14New Gold Dream (German 12" Remix)7:01
  75. 6-15In Every Heaven4:27

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Synth-Pop / New Wave
  • polished
  • anthemic
  • urban

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Includes the first 6 albums with bonus tracks, housed in 5 cardboard sleeves with the original album artwork.
The albums 'Sons And Fascination' and 'Sister Feelings Call' come in a gatefold cover.
This box set uses the 2002 remasters for the main album tracks, and new 2012 remasters for all bonus tracks.
Track durations are those printed on each single CD except the following (in square brackets the printed durations):
1-10 [6:17] Murder Story
1-11 [4:00] Special View
4-10 [7:17] In Trance As Mission (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London: 25/09/81)
5-08 [6:55] The American (Extended)
5-09 [6:14] League Of Nations (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London: 25/09/81)
6-14 [6:52] New Gold Dream (German 12" Remix)
6-15 [4:55] In Every Heaven
Red hype-sticker on shrink-wrap reads:
"SIMPLE MINDS X5
Their landmark first 5 albums
With bonus material
Life In A Day
Real To Real Cacophony
Empires And Dance
Sons And Fascination + Sister Feelings Call
New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)"

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